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Welcome ToSusan Leone Habitats

Luxury Real Estate Specialist

Marketing Connecticut Real Estate at the Highest Level SM

The Susan Leone Advantage

Whether buying or selling luxury real estate in Fairfield County Connecticut or Westchester County New York, Susan Leone Habitats is the premier Luxury Real Estate Specialist, the one you will trust to make selling your current property or moving into your dream home a reality. Susan Leone represents discerning clients in Westport, Darien, New Canaan, Easton, Fairfield and Rowayton, to name a few of the Connecticut towns Susan serves, as well as Rye, Larchmont, Harrison, and Mamaroneck, New York.

Working with Susan Leone Habitats ensures that selling a major asset, or buying your dream home, is executed to the highest professional standards. Creating long-lasting relationships with a cultured clientele is her forte. Susan Leone has the business acumen, experience and savvy to make buying and selling real estate stress-free. When you work with Susan, it's a partnership. You and Susan Leone Habitats.

Susan's business and negotiating expertise, market wisdom, resourcefulness, industry connections, integrity and passion for real estate are some of the personal attributes that have helped Susan's discerning and sophisticated clients achieve their real estate goals. Susan Leone makes the real estate process pleasurable, because she treats each client with the utmost care and discretion. A consummate real estate professional, Susan has earned the trust of and referrals from delighted clients.


"Some of my colleagues and clients say I have moxie and commend me for my vigor, verve, passion for my work and integrity. I am resourceful and tenacious and am here to partner with you to make buying or selling your next property as streamlined and pleasurable an experience as possible. Creating and executing a customized marketing plan for each property is exciting, and I know how to deal with roadblocks that may crop up along the way. I have the industry connections and knowledge to solve issues and move the process forward to a successful conclusion for the buyer and the seller. I get results, and that makes all the difference. You can call it the Susan Leone difference."

Building trust. One relationship at a time. Testimonials

Susan was an absolute lifesaver in finding my family our dream home this year! When we had to quickly relocate to an unfamiliar part of the state, Susan showed us many homes that fit the bill but went above and beyond to find THE perfect home for us. She masterfully negotiated for us and was...

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Laura D.

“As an owner of a company with a global reach, I have a good sense for excellence. Susan Leone is a professional marketing executive. She has the ability to guide the homeowner in establishing a fair market based home value. Susan positioned our home throughout social media, real estate publications and other creative avenues to...

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Hugh M.

“When anticipating the sale of our home… I met with 3 realtors whom I felt were the most successful in town. Susan was the one who stood out. I felt the presentation materials she offered were superior and Susan, herself, had something a little extra. They were all impressive but Susan had an aggressive edge...

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Bill M.

“Susan is so wonderful to work with. She is knowledgeable, friendly and hard working. I have used her for both the sale and purchase of homes, and I couldn’t be happier. I highly recommend Susan.”...

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Peter T.

“I interviewed 3 agents to sell my property…I met with Susan and we reviewed all the information she had gleaned about the property and the local market. Based on our review, she said that there wasn’t much on the market in our price point. Therefore she recommended we list the property as is for a...

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Donna F.

Luxury Defined

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Meet Canada's Sought-After Furniture Maker

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The Cosmic Appeal of Space-Themed Jewelry

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Iwan Baan: Architecture’s Favorite Photographer

When it comes to definitively capturing their projects, the world’s most renowned architects call on Dutch photographer Iwan Baan. Recipient of the inaugural Julius Shulman award, Baan counts Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto, and Herzog & de Meuron among his clients. But don’t call him an architectural photographer. His work tells a story that unfolds around the buildings he shoots. Baan spoke to Luxury Defined about how his signature style developed and why context is everything. Y...

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Il Palagio: The Vineyard Saved by Rock Royalty

On a sun-streaked evening in June 1997, Duca Simone Vincenzo Velluti Zati di San Clemente invited local residents to Il Palagio, his unlived-in ancestral palace in Tuscany. A verdant 865-acre (350 ha) estate some 25 miles (40 km) south of Florence, Il Palagio dates back to the early 1500s, growing from an agricultural holding through successive ownerships until becoming home to the dukedom of San Clemente in 1819, whose family seat it remained. However, by the late 1990s, like many other Tusc...

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Color, Texture, Repeat: Designers with a Passion for Pattern

Pattern is everywhere—our homes right now have never been more colorful. These eye-catching designs not only make a strong style statement, they lift the spirits and, teamed with surface design, bring a joie de vivre to walls, soft furnishings, and floors. Technology has also helped this maximalist trend, giving new designers the opportunity to start small with limited product runs and allowing them greater creative freedom. The result is an exciting body of new names to watch—here are fou...

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